Connecting the hardest-to-reach schools in Kazakhstan
In collaboration with the Government of Kazakhstan, Giga has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the telecommunications industry to implement innovative technologies and business models to connect some of the 105 schools that remain unconnected or underconnected in the country.
1st Giga Ministerial Roundtable in Africa
Highlighting the progress of Giga activities in countries across Africa and discussing challenges and solutions toward advancing connectivity.
Scaling AI to map every school on the planet
Development Seed and UNICEF use AI to identify unmapped schools across Asia, Africa, and South America, building on our success mapping 23,100 unmapped schools in 8 countries.
Connecting the Dots: Impact Outlook 2021
Here we present Giga’s work in 2020 and strategic plans for 2021 and beyond for 17 countries.
Giga OECS Webinar: Sharing knowledge on socioeconomic pricing and regulation
Giga conducted a webinar on Socio-Economic Pricing regulation to share lessons from the Costa Rican experience with the “Connected Homes” program and to explore implementation considerations for the OECS region.
Accelerated steps to connect every school in Rwanda
Solution providers are encouraged to apply to provide broadband internet to schools in the Eastern province.
Supporting educational policies with technology
Plan Ceibal was launched in 2007 to ensure that every child aged 6 to 15 attending primary and middle public school in Uruguay has access to a personal computer with free Internet connection at school.
Sierra Leone joins Giga toward “Digitization for All”
Sierra Leone joins Giga to expand school connectivity efforts and explore where innovations, such as digital assets, can play a role in empowering entire communities.
Rethinking Partnerships: Accelerating Connectivity for Sustainable Development
In this session of the Road to Addis Series, esteemed panelists explored and reshaped some of the principles and foundations of Partnerships, in order to make them more effective for achieving the SDGs.
Remarks by Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU BDT Director, at the International Day of Education – Panel on Promising Innovations to Transform Education
The Third International Day of Education stressed the necessity to protect and mobilize funding for education, give voice to “community heroes” (who acted to leave no learner behind during school closures), and present innovations that pave the way towards more resilient and inclusive education systems.
Using AI to connect every school to the internet
Training a machine learning model to identify schools from satellite imagery of developing countries is a difficult task. UNICEF and Tryolabs partnered to understand how UNICEF’s Machine Learning model was actually performing by employing explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods.
UNICEF and Dubai Cares announce partnership through Generation Unlimited to scale Digital Connectivity
Dubai Cares, the UAE-based global philanthropic organization, and UNICEF announced today a global partnership, through UNICEF’s flagship global youth initiative Generation Unlimited, to accelerate efforts to provide access to digital connectivity for every young person.